Health & Medicine
Coffee after three consecutive nights of sleep deprivation may not work, warn scientists
15 Jun 2016
Man wears his ‘heart’ in a backpack for 555 days
11 Jun 2016
While waiting for a heart transplant, Stan Larkin lived 555 days without the organ at all
Stem cell therapy reverses symptoms of MS
11 Jun 2016
Air pollution emerges as leading risk factor for stroke
11 Jun 2016
An analysis of global trends of risk factors for stroke between 1990-2013 shows that over 90 per cent of the burden of stroke is linked to modifiable risk factors such as smoking, poor diet and low physical activity
Pictorial warnings on cigarette packs more effective in inducing smokers to quit than text warnings: Study
10 Jun 2016
Ganymed Pharmaceuticals’ immunotherapy found effective for gastric cancer in Phase II clinical study
07 Jun 2016
New pre-surgery technique may make colostomy bags redundant for emergency bowel cancer patients
06 Jun 2016
New wearable kidney may be boon for dialysis patients
04 Jun 2016
A wearable artificial kidney may be a viable dialysis technology that can give people with end-stage kidney disease the freedom to move around during treatment
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The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
06 Mar 2023
Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation